Man arrested on charge of traveling to St. Johns County for sex with minor

St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office detectives say a 24-year-old Clay County man traveled into St. Johns County thinking he was going to have sex with a female juvenile, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.

Brandon Scott Stapler, of Orange Park, was arrested Thursday on charges of using a computer service to solicit a parent or guardian for sexual activity with a child and traveling to meet a minor with the intent to engage in sexual activity with a child, the report said.

Stapler was booked into the county jail on no bond pending a first appearance hearing Friday morning.

Stapler is charged with communicating with an undercover Sheriff’s Office Cyber Crimes Detective who he thought was the father of a 12-year-old girl, the report said. After several text messages between the two last week, a meeting was planned for late this morning at a motel room on State Road 16 and Interstate 95.

Stapler arrived at the motel before noon on Thursday, and he was met by a detective, the report said. He was escorted into a room believed to be where the 12-year-old child was waiting.

Detectives who were waiting inside the room arrested Stapler and took him to the county jail where he was questioned and booked, the report said.

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First off what kind of sicko wants to have sex with a 12 yr old....Secondly.....Dude do you not read the papers or read the news??? There are always stings like this set up to catch sickos like you !!!!!!!!!!!

you took my thunder, well any way not only are they peds. but they are also stupid...time in jail? Judge Berger should give him life. This piece of ameba dung should be kept off the streets. NOW PEOPLE PLEASE WATCH YOUR CHILDREN THERE ARE MONSTERS OUT THERE, BUT THERE IS ONE LESS NOW.